As many may relate, it's difficult to review an excerpt, especially since the first few chapters of any new book is often heavy with world-building and info-dumping. However, this quick glance into Maas's new work is an exciting preview to her new world-- complete with angels, wolves, mystical creatures. This is definitely a deviation with from previous Maas titles, and I look forward to reading the whole thing.

Fan of Sarah j Maas other books will find this book enjoyable. This book is a character/plot driven novel. It’s world building needs a lot of work seeing that many times I had to stop and ask what/who/where is that. The characters are well created and have some growth to them. Like always Sarah gives a twist to her character but unlike her other novels the reader SHOULD have guess this coming from half way through the novel. Overall, a very fast paced enjoyable read.

I enjoyed the excerpt a lot!I have already bought the whole book!
I would like to thank the publisher for giving me a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I’ve actually never read a Sarah J. Maas book, but this excerpt for House of Earth and Blood was so good that it inspired me to pick up my first copy. The first bit is extremely well written and entertaining. I can’t wait to dive deeper into this world and get to know all of the characters. Seems like this is a promising start to her venture into adult fantasy!

I am currently reading this book now and so far I love it! It is so good and such a unique story! I cant wait to see how it will turn out. Sarah Maas is a great author so I know this story will be excellent!!!

I thought this was the whole book or I wouldn’t have requested. I should’ve paid more attention but didn’t think there were samples on here. I would still love this book and may purchase it. I recommend this author. She is great. This is a great book from what I’ve read so far.

Amazing first adult book from sarah j maas. Writing was great as always, and I was hooked from the beginning. I now own 2 special editions of this book, that's how much I loved it

Too much profanity for me. Lots of f- words.
Also too many different magical beings with made up names to keep sorted out. I couldn't keep everyone straight as far as names vs titles vs species.

I can't wait to read the rest of the book! SJM has such a way of creating worlds and her characters are always complex and relatable. I can't wait to see what's in store as we continue this story.

SPEECHLESS! UTTERLY SPEECHLESS!
Maas does not disappoint people! I’m a huge fan of Maas’ other series so I might be a bit biased when I rated this book. Her style of writing is what truly draws the reader and keeps them her loyal followers forever!

As with any (good) series the first book has a ton to establish. So there was world building and new characters to bring in. 3/4 of the way into the book is where you see most of action. I must admit there was a point where I was just waiting for it....I knew it was coming... that big holy crap scene!

This storyline has a bit more of a paranormal investigative feel for at least the first half of the book. I wasn’t in love with how long it took to build to the good stuff but that might just be my impatience talking. Overall I would recommend this book to romance fantasy book lovers who appreciate a hardcore and loyal female lead.

An amazing start to the book, sets the scene and introduces characters. But omg the cliffhanger, I'm so glad I read this close to when the book was actually being released. I couldn't wait.

Maas is always good with world building and this book is no exception. She does have a bit of heavy romance in most of her other series so it would be nice to see that toned down a bit as i'm here for the fantasy part and not the mushy love stuff.

3 stars for now as it's not the whole book and i want to wait to read the ending before giving it more/less stars.

Took about 300 pages to initially get into this book after the exert but just like all of Mass's books its epic and amazing

3 stars

I love all of Sarah’s books and this one will probably not be any different. It starts like all of hers which is why it only gets 3 stars. It is a total info dump of characters, cities, and other worldly things. It is really confusing to be honest and I can’t read the map at the beginning on my kindle because it’s too small. All that said by the end of the 4th chapter I was ready for the rest of the book!

3.5

I am a huge fan of Maas and my rating is in no way reflective of how I think I'm going to feel about this as a whole.

I have a lot on my mind right now, and getting into a new world with this level of world building was a little challenging, but it did the trick of exciting me for MORE.

I am in line at the library for this book and can't wait to see what happens. Off to a good start.

(ARC excerpt kindly provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review)

I received a free excerpt of this book from netgalley and at first I couldn't get into it even though I love supernatural stories. I finally got sucked in around the time the Fae dumped the human and her world crumbled after a night of awesome partying. After inhaling the rest of the excerpt I'm left jonesing to devour the rest of the story.

Just the excerpt wasn’t enough. I should have known that Maas would write a story that would make me forget or at the very least ignore everything else I have going on because I need to find out what’s going to happen. I’m going to go out and grab the book as soon as I can. Thank you for the brief preview off the book. I can’t wait!

I read the excerpt, which was intriguing enough that I want to read the rest of the book. Set in a modern world where magical creatures live in the open.

I understand the need for world-building, but I felt like it took way to long for the story to really move. The last 250 pages I was on the edge of my seat gulping down the plot as fast as I could---it just took so much work to get there. That said, I will read the second in the series quite happily.

I volunteered to read this book through netgalley, in exchange for an honest review. I love Sarah J Maas's writing style. This book is well written and the characters are described well. You guys need to get this book.